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This list of Brigham Young University faculty includes notable current and former instructors and administrators of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo, Utah, United States. It includes faculty at its related academic colleges and two schools, including the Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School. As of the fall of 2007, BYU employed 1,300 instructional faculty, 88% of whom were tenured or on tenure track, and approximately 2,900 administrative and staff personnel. Part-time employees included approximately 900 faculty, administrative and staff personnel and 12,000 students. [1]

Contents

College of Engineering

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
L. Douglas Smoot Chemical Engineering 1960–1995Noted for work fossil fuels and energy; led restoration of Brigham Young Academy buildingYes [2]
Randal Beard Electrical and Computer Engineering 1996–presentGuidance and control of unmanned aerial vehiclesNo [3]

College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
William Hamblin History
Mark Choate History 2001–present Bronze Star recipient for his handbook on village stability operations in Afghanistan, 2010–2011No [4]

College of Fine Arts and Communications

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
James C. Christensen Visual ArtsFantasy painterYes [5]

College of Humanities

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Brandon Sanderson English2005–presentFantasy authorYes [6] [7]
Dave Wolverton EnglishScience-fiction authorNo [8]
Kimberly Johnson EnglishPoetNo [8]
James E. Faulconer Philosophy1975–presentPhilosopher; founding editor of Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy ; columnist for Patheos Yes [9] [10]

College of Life Sciences

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Ralph Vary Chamberlin Biology 1908–1911Prolific taxonomist, central to the 1911 modernism controversy No [11]
John S. K. Kauwe III Biology 2008–2020President of Brigham Young University–Hawaii Yes [12]

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Alan Ashton Computer Science1987Co-founder of WordPerfect, founder of Thanksgiving Point [13]

College of Religious Education

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Randy L. Bott ReligionAuthor and highest-rated professor in America in 2008 at Ratemyprofessor.com.Yes [14] [15]
Hugh B. Brown ReligionAuthor and former member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints No [16]
Truman G. Madsen PhilosophyProlific LDS author, former director of BYU Jerusalem Center No [17]

J. Reuben Clark School of Law

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Dee Benson Law1996 Federal Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Yes [18]
Larry Echo Hawk Law1995–presentFormer Attorney General for IdahoYes [19]
Gordon Gee Law1979President of Ohio State University, former president of Brown University No [20]
David Nuffer Law2001–present Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah Yes [21]
Dale A. Whitman Law1973–1978, 1989–1999Former Dean of the University of Missouri School of Law, former president of the Association of American Law Schools Yes [22]
Bruce C. Hafen Law1985–1989Former President of Ricks College, Emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsNo [23]

Marriott School of Management

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
W. Steve Albrecht Accounting Former President of the American Accounting Association, former (and first) president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Yes [24] [25]
Stephen Covey Organizational Leadership & StrategyAuthor of New York Times Best Seller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People ; one of Time magazine's Top 25 most influential AmericansYes [26]
Stephen D. Nadauld Management (Finance)1976–1983Ninth President of Weber State University, Seventeenth President of Dixie State College, and a former director of BYU's MBA program.Yes [27] [28]

McKay School of Education

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Bonnie Brinton Communication Disorders1994–presentLanguage disorders researcherNo [29]

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